You don't notice the air.. Meek: I think that one of the things that was most disturbing about his defense then and now is this idea, well, why would I suddenly become a child molester at this age? But this arrangement, according to sources with knowledge of the decision-making, was meant to support the women in the film, not to promote the film itself. I dont regret it, Sher says. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. The couple confirmed the news on July 25 and Brianne Howey shared a photo of herself and Ziering's wedding day on. When she reads stories that celebrate them as advocates for survivors, she thinks back to their indifference to her. (In a statement at the time, Dick stood by the films reporting: Every statistic in our film is accurate, including the statistics on repeat offenders, and nothing in this article proves otherwise, he said. Were talking a big difference. RELATED:Top 10 Lujosas Casas Y Autos de Famosos! But its not as common for a documentary to have so much tension, and to leave at least one of its subjects a rape survivor emotionally wounded, particularly when the purpose of the film was to reveal the suffering that Simmons had inflicted on his alleged victims. Ian Ziering is a renowned American American actor and voice actor. "This is an actress. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering examine the sexual assault allegations against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Obviously theres a lot of devices out there that are unbelievably great, she stresses. It was Dylan who finally convinced her mother to participate, in order to correct the public record, she adds. Ziering: I think biography is inextricably an integral part of any artists work. "I don't know if i would have been able to have the strength to do what she did," Ziering said. But she asked the filmmakers to stop reaching out to her directly. "He had the microphone and the media amplified it, so he had a megaphone," she toldDay 6. More recently, they flew in the face of Hollywood, examining the allegations of sexual abuse against music mogul Russell Simmons in 2020s On the Record and director Woody Allen in HBOs 2021 miniseries Allen v. Farrow. Ziering: Yes, not only gaslit, but also groomed. She told me they made her feel very small, brushing her to the side and didnt know anything about her. I never wanted to look like a victim. He said, You know, when I came out of the camps as a kid, I tried to tell people about what had happened and people either didn't believe me or it was just too much for them. It won the Golden Gate Award at the 2002 San Francisco International Film Festival. Distributors were unwilling to fund or release the film, and few people were willing to talk on the record. When Jones asked if she could go, someone from the film told her that shed have to pay her own way, at a cost of thousands of dollars a night. Their projects have together catalyzed national discussion and been hailed as historical touchstones, but Ziering and Dicks aim is ultimately less immediate or measurable: in bringing understanding to issues like sexual assault and systemic power, they hope to shift cultural mores. [8] Several government officials have commented on the film's influence on policy, including Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, who has said that the film convinced him to implement a wave of reforms designed to reduce the prevalence of military sexual assault. And thats 2010. I remember thinking, Is this how documentaries are made? Jones says, recalling the time she spent with them. If I were to just track the differences in the response to our earlier films: Invisible War, and The Hunting Ground to that of Allen v. Farrow, I see a big shift in terms of the lift we had to make in forging our arguments in those films and engaging with press. Its the idea that Ive been muzzled again. We need to all keep at itto ensure that these changes are lasting and meaningful and real. In mid-January, Dixon fired Marchant prior to Sundance. The impact of their work has been profuse. Meek: Does it feel overwhelming as someone whos been advocating for changes in these kinds of arenas to feel like theres so much to be done and not enough time to make films on all of these areas that need massive change? And if your doctor says youll need a medical device, she suggests asking if you can see the studies on the device, how long they have been in use and whether they have had any adverse consequences for other people who have used them. She was never toxic. ), While making The Hunting Ground, the filmmakers werent positioning themselves as impartial storytellers. That was the main reason I got involved with the film., Marchant believes that by playing favorites, the filmmakers drove a wedge among the women featured in the film. Her Oscar-nominated "The Invisible War" (2012) broke the story on the epidemic of rape in the US military and led to five congressional hearing and the passing of 35 reforms through congress. Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick are locked in a battle of wills during a music session with a group of editors in early February. Stories about troubled movie productions are as old as movies themselves. Ziering got agitated that Dixon hadnt used the encrypted messaging app Signal, because Ziering was worried that if the email leaked it made it look like the subject was influencing the film, according to a text message written by Dixon at the time. - IMDb Mini Biography By: By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. "Allen v. Farrow" (2021), a seven-time Emmy nominated series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. Following her award-winning documentary The Hunting Ground on campus sexual assault, filmmaker Amy Ziering is back with a takedown of the negligence in the medical . "The Bleeding Edge" (2018) unearthed the fast-growing medical device industry's corruption and malfeasance; compelling industry giant Bayer to remove a harmful device from the market and catalyzing a worldwide debate about regulation and patient safety. Do you think Oprah would have been happy?. That sent the filmmakers scrambling, as Herdy reached out to survivors who had previously told their stories in the press. [3][4] She graduated from Amherst College before pursuing graduate work at Yale University, where she studied with Jacques Derrida.[5][6]. So I think weve come a really long way, and we should be glad for that, you know? AMY ZIERING: Well, I think you have to look at the whole conceit of sides. Dont do that, Ziering says. It's precocious to make that statement if you haven't seen all four parts. Amy Ziering is a two-time Emmy award-winning and Academy award-nominated investigative filmmaker behind some of the most groundbreaking documentaries today with her creative partner Kirby Dick. This is the lie, Jones says. [But] recently I've become much less self-censored and I think that is post-Trump. So I just buried it.. We have the most utmost respect and gratitude to Ms. Norton Jones for being courageous enough to share her story, and we truly wish her all the best.. Another woman, who also didnt know what the movie was going to be about, was still pleased to be in it, and to support the women who spoke out. When she and Dick pitched Invisible War in 2010, they couldnt find anyone to fund it. Working on them simultaneously wore on Ziering, who developed secondary PTSD while producing Invisible War but eventually learned how to care for herself while enveloped in others trauma. [2], Ziering was born in 1962. "On the Record" (2020) is a searing examination on the intersection of #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, tells the powerful and haunting story of music executive Drew Dixon as she struggles with her decision to be one of the first women of color to come forward in the wake of #MeToo. Although shed talked about the alleged rape in detail over the phone with Amy Herdy, one the movies producers, and had brought a suitcase full of background information about her, the filmmakers didnt show any interest in those things. Got it? Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. I never had a conversation with anyone at OWN, and I dont know Ava DuVernay. And at that point in our careers, we were established filmmakerswe had been nominated for Emmys, produced things for HBO. The groundwork has been laid that shifts credibility from perpetrators to women. The series also chronicles how Allen defended himself, in part Ziering says, by playing the role of Woody Allen. And its the way people are about rape.. But Ziering says Allen v. Farrow is bigger than one family. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 82% based on 56 reviews. Ian Ziering in "Swamp Thing" CW. As she was making up her mind, he told Times Up that he was her new rep, which she says she hadnt authorized. Its just, Lets get to the assault.. According to Jones, Ziering asked her to recount the story of the alleged rape repeatedly in the interview. So I would just be very careful when people all too often are quick to blame the non-offending parent, because its a much more complicated psychological landscape; and they often should be empathic towards the other parent as well because often the whole family has, in a way, been deceived and held hostage. EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, along with their production company, Jane Doe Films (fka Chain Camera Pictures), have signed with WME. Ziering: I hope so. The series follows twins Brandon and Brenda Walsh during their sophomore year in high school as they deal with everyday teenage issues such as rumors, peer pressure, shoplifting, sex, affirmative action, dysfunctional families . Her parents, both active philanthropists, had politicized her early on: her mother brought her along to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern and later California gubernatorial nominee Tom Bradley; her father took in an Iranian refugee and assisted Russian immigrants during her childhood in Beverly Hills. But when Simmons got wind of the film, which followed a New York Times expos about his alleged sexual assaults, he launched targeted counterattacks against his accusers and called Winfreys assistant, demanding that he be put in touch with Winfrey and she not release the movie, according to sources with knowledge of these efforts. [9], The film's revelations have also been discussed in congressional hearings and spurred lawmakers to seek better safeguards for assault survivors. And, of course, on top of that, the patriarchal nuclear family is ground zero in our Western Christian patriarchal white supremacist society. Herdy wrote: We dont operate the same way as journalists this is a film project very much in the corner of advocacy for victims, so there would be no insensitive questions or the need to get the perpetrators side., When things started to unravel with On the Record, a high-profile sexual assault survivor told Jones about these articles. But the demands of making a movie, which requires stories to be told in taut narratives, might not always align with the needs of survivors, who are often still processing their trauma. Ziering then began work on Derrida (2002), a documentary about her former mentor, the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. But aside from that, I dont think we should abandon the art. Her most recent projects directly impacted American politics and culture, resulting in real-world change. The four-part HBO Documentary Films investigative docuseries comes from filmmakers Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, and follows the abuse allegation, the subsequent custody trial,. And no one certainly wants to see films about women raped in the military. Initially, some of the survivors came up with the idea that they could fill the void by being listed as producers on the movie themselves, but that idea never panned out. "[35], On the Record, Dick and Ziering's film about sexual abuse allegations against Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons, premiered to a standing ovation at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. They married on February 3, 2010, and they share two children. Although she didnt meet Jones, Lumet stands with her: It breaks my heart to hear that Alexia had this experience, she says. In this writing, we have added the Ian Ziering's age, height, weight, net worth, girlfriend/affairs here. And right now, how many films are there out there about women being assaultedI cant even honestly count them. Well, the answer is no. Publicity Listings The directors muzzled me, when I thought the film would be the thing that set me free.. If all youre given is poison to drink, you dont recognize it as poison. HBO Documentary Films has slated the four-part series Allen v. Farrow from award-winning filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (On the Record, The Hunting Ground) and Amy Herdy. So Kirby and I went on our own dimeKirby did camera, I did the interviews, with no crew and we made Invisible War and thats the truth. They were serious people who made a serious film, she says. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. [10] Senator Kirsten Gillibrand credits the film with inspiring her to introduce the Military Justice Improvement Act, which would establish an independent judiciary to oversee accusations of sexual assault in the armed forces. In my mind, Im always a victor. [26], The film's impact was felt immediately as a week before its release, The Bleeding Edge became a part of a national news story when Bayer removed the birth control device Essure from the U.S. market, one of the many devices heavily criticized and warned about in the film. She next produced a feature narrative, The Memory Thief (2007), directed by Gil Kofman. In 2015, The Hunting Ground, about sexual assault in college campuses, premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. I owe a lot of the intellectual basis for my work to Martin Heidegger who supported the Nazis. [31], On October 23, 2017, Dick and Ziering announced an upcoming film on equity, parity, abuse, and representation in Hollywood. I'm OK. Find another doctor.. My experience with Amy and Kirby was positive, Lumet says. Now, Burke is expanding on her apology, working on making amends with Ziering. Dixon finally saw a cut of the movie at a private screening in November. But Deborah Drooz, an attorney who represents Jane Doe Films, said in a letter written to Variety: Ms. Embrace the discomfort, and dont shy away from it. "With. Someone came to us and told us a story about the ways in which their medical device caused egregious harm, and not only that, but that they hadnt been fully informed of the risks and that none of this actually had to happen if proper due diligence had been followed. Mostly known for her work in documentary films, she is a regular collaborator of director Kirby Dick; they co-directed 2002's Derrida and 2020's On the Record, with Ziering also producing several of Dick's films. I think the people that know me and talk to me, they were hurt. But for Ziering and Dick, who are white, they had to clear an especially high bar telling a complicated story about fame, power and abuse in the hip-hop community. In January 2020, Winfrey eventually removed her name from the film, because, she said, the directors didnt take sufficient time to retool certain parts of the movies based on her notes prior to Sundance. Amy Ziering (born 1962 in Massachusetts) is an American film producer and director. then nothing to worry about this. Dixon, who is also represented by Mazie, didnt comment on the record for this story. In her collaboration with co-director Dick and producer Amy Herdy, she has made numerous groundbreaking documentary worksincluding the Emmy Award-winning film The Invisible War about the epidemic of rape in the military and the Oscar Award-nominated film The Hunting Ground about sexual assault on college . Once On the Record had been accepted into Sundance, Winfrey started to second guess some of their filmmaking decisions. 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